My second trip to the Farne Islands was to spend a short time on Staple Island to see the seabird…
Naturelog: Farne Islands (1)
The Farne islands lie off of the Northumbrian coast. Once the home to monks and hermits, it is now a…
Corbridge (3): gods and dieties
The collection of altars found at Corbridge speaks to the diversity of the people who lived there and of their…
Corbridge (2)
It is unclear when it started to develop but by 200 AD a substantial civilian settlement had developed around the…
Corbridge (1)
Corbridge is a small town, 25 miles inland from the North Sea along the valley of the River Tyne. To…
Northumbrian Sunset
Vindolanda: Museum
There is a wonderful museum at Vindolanda recording the many artifacts both military and civilian found on the site. There…
Vindolanda
The first Roman activity on this site dates to between 74 and 85AD. Between these dates and the withdrawal of…
Naturelog: Alnmouth
Alnmouth is a wonderful coastal village in Northumberland. It is situated on a spit of land bounded on one…
Warkworth Castle: Lion Tower
Built around 1480 as part of the reordering of the Great Hall, the façade of the Tower facing the courtyard…
